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Iga Y, Hasegawa T, Ikeda HO, Hirota Y, Miyata M, Numa S, Otsuka Y, Tsujikawa A. Progression of retinitis pigmentosa on static perimetry, optical coherence tomography, and fundus autofluorescence. Sci Rep 2023; 13:22040. [PMID: 38086860 PMCID: PMC10716373 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49338-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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In retinitis pigmentosa (RP), photoreceptor degeneration leads to progressive visual field loss and visual impairment. Several therapeutic trials are ongoing aiming to establish effective treatments. Although functional evaluations are commonly used in clinical trials, residual ellipsoid zone (EZ) measurement on optical coherence tomography has been shown to be more sensitive to detect disease progression. Establishment of sensitive outcome measurement is essential to develop new therapeutic strategies. In the current study, we evaluated the progression rates of the disease in 76 eyes of 76 patients with RP, using the residual EZ length, ring-shaped macular hyperautofluorescent (AF), and visual field. Decrease rates measured by the residual EZ area and by the hyper-AF ring area were strongly positively correlated (P < 0.0001, r = 0.71). The reduction rates of the residual EZ length and hyper-AF ring radius were constant regardless of their baseline measurements. Faster annual reduction rates of the hyper-AF ring area or radius were significantly correlated with faster visual field progression (P = 0.03, r = 0.25 and P = 0.004, r = 0.33, respectively). These findings support the usage of morphological measurements such as EZ or hyper-AF ring measurements as outcome measurement for future clinical trials for RP.
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- Yuhei Iga
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shougoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shougoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shougoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shougoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shougoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shougoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shougoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shougoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Xu Y, Li L, Shan J, Du L, Jin X, Zhou P. Extreme myopia is more susceptible to SOX2 gene than high myopia. Exp Eye Res 2023; 230:109435. [PMID: 36921835 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2023.109435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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PURPOSE To explore the association between two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the SOX2 gene and high and extreme myopia in the Han Chinese population. MATERIALS AND METHODS A genetic association study using a case-control method was performed with 139 high myopia, 318 extreme myopia, and 918 healthy participants from the Chinese Han population. Two SNPs (rs4459940 and rs4575941) near SOX2 gene were selected for genotyping. We compared the allelic frequencies and haplotypes of the SNPs to assess their association with high and extreme myopia. This study was adjusted for sex and age of participants in the groups. RESULT The mean ages of the extreme myopia and control subjects were 47.44 ± 15.59 and 44.15 ± 14.08 years, respectively. The rs4575941 SNP of the SOX2 gene and the GG and AG genotypes showed no significant association with the risk of high myopia as opposed to the AA genotype (GG, OR = 0.94, 95% CI = 0.55-1.60, P = 0.820, Pc = NS; AG, OR = 0.91, 95% CI = 0.54-1.52, P = 0.708, Pc = NS). However, the frequency of the risk G allele of rs4575941 was significantly higher in the extreme myopia group than in the control group (OR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.08-1.59; P = 0.007; Pc = 0.014). Furthermore, there were significant differences in the GG genotype frequency between the extreme myopia and control groups (OR = 1.77, 95% CI = 1.45-2.74, P = 0.009, Pc = 0.036). The A-G haplotype frequency was higher in the extreme group (OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.05-1.55, P = 0.014), while there were no significant differences found in high myopia group (OR = 1.18, 95% CI = 0.77-1.31, P = 0.979). CONCLUSION The SOX2 rs4575941 polymorphism, in Chinese Han population, contributes to the susceptibility of extreme myopia. SOX2 may thus be implicated in extreme myopia rather than in high myopia.
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- Youmei Xu
- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China; The Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China; The Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China.
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Zhang Q. Genetics of Refraction and Myopia. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2015; 134:269-79. [PMID: 26310160 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2015.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Both genetic and environmental factors play roles in the development of refractive errors. Identification of genes involved in refractive errors may help in elucidating the underlying molecular mechanism related to both genetic defects and environmental pressure. Recent development of techniques for genome wide analysis provides unique opportunity in dissecting the genetic basis related to refractive errors. This chapter tries to give a brief overview on the recent progress of genetic study of refractive errors, especially myopia.
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- Qingjiong Zhang
- State Key Lab of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China.
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Manes G, Guillaumie T, Vos WL, Devos A, Audo I, Zeitz C, Marquette V, Zanlonghi X, Defoort-Dhellemmes S, Puech B, Said SM, Sahel JA, Odent S, Dollfus H, Kaplan J, Dufier JL, Le Meur G, Weber M, Faivre L, Cohen FB, Béroud C, Picot MC, Verdier C, Sénéchal A, Baudoin C, Bocquet B, Findlay JB, Meunier I, Dhaenens CM, Hamel CP. High prevalence of PRPH2 in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa in france and characterization of biochemical and clinical features. Am J Ophthalmol 2015; 159:302-14. [PMID: 25447119 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2014.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Revised: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess the prevalence of PRPH2 in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP), to report 6 novel mutations, to characterize the biochemical features of a recurrent novel mutation, and to study the clinical features of adRP patients. DESIGN Retrospective clinical and molecular genetic study. METHODS Clinical investigations included visual field testing, fundus examination, high-resolution spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus autofluorescence imaging, and electroretinogram (ERG) recording. PRPH2 was screened by Sanger sequencing in a cohort of 310 French families with adRP. Peripherin-2 protein was produced in yeast and analyzed by Western blot. RESULTS We identified 15 mutations, including 6 novel and 9 previously reported changes in 32 families, accounting for a prevalence of 10.3% in this adRP population. We showed that a new recurrent p.Leu254Gln mutation leads to protein aggregation, suggesting abnormal folding. The clinical severity of the disease in examined patients was moderate with 78% of the eyes having 1-0.5 of visual acuity and 52% of the eyes retaining more than 50% of the visual field. Some patients characteristically showed vitelliform deposits or macular involvement. In some families, pericentral RP or macular dystrophy were found in family members while widespread RP was present in other members of the same families. CONCLUSIONS The mutations in PRPH2 account for 10.3% of adRP in the French population, which is higher than previously reported (0%-8%) This makes PRPH2 the second most frequent adRP gene after RHO in our series. PRPH2 mutations cause highly variable phenotypes and moderate forms of adRP, including mild cases, which could be underdiagnosed.
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Sheng X, Li Z, Zhang X, Wang J, Ren H, Sun Y, Meng R, Rong W, Zhuang W. A novel mutation in retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator gene with a distinctive retinitis pigmentosa phenotype in a Chinese family. Mol Vis 2010; 16:1620-8. [PMID: 20806050 PMCID: PMC2927444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2010] [Accepted: 08/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To screen the mutation in the retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) ORF15 in a large Chinese family with X-linked recessive retinitis pigmentosa and describe the phenotype in affected male and female carriers. METHODS Ophthalmic examination was performed on 77 family members to identify affected individuals and to characterize the disease phenotype. PCR and direct sequencing were used for screening mutations in the RPGR gene. RESULTS Mutation screening demonstrated a novel mutation ORF15+577_578 delAG, which caused an open reading frameshift and resulted in premature truncation of the RPGR protein. The mutation was detected in eight affected male individuals and 14 obligate female carriers of the family and was found to segregate with the phenotype in this family. The mutation led to a severe retinitis pigmentosa (RP) phenotype in male-affected individuals, with some variability in the age of onset of night blindness and visual acuity, but was recessive in female carriers without an RP phenotype. However, the state associated with the carrier was moderate to high myopia with the refractive error ranging from -5.00 D to 22.00 D in 14 female carriers. CONCLUSIONS This novel mutation in RPGR ORF15 causes a serious RP phenotype in males and no RP phenotype in female carriers. Moderate to high myopia was a particular feature for female carriers in this pedigree. Our finding expands the spectrum of RPGR mutations causing X-linked RP and expands phenotypic spectrum of the disease in a Chinese family. This finding will be useful for further genetic consultations and genetic diagnosis.
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- Xunlun Sheng
- Department of Ophthalmology, People Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Central Laboratory of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Central Laboratory of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, People Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China,Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Zou YS, Milunsky JM. Developmental disability and hypomelanosis of Ito in a female with 7.3 Mb de novo duplication of Xp11.3-p11.4 and random X inactivation. Am J Med Genet A 2010; 149A:2573-7. [PMID: 19876908 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ying S Zou
- Center for Human Genetics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Michaelides M, Johnson S, Bradshaw K, Holder GE, Simunovic MP, Mollon JD, Moore AT, Hunt DM. X-Linked Cone Dysfunction Syndrome with Myopia and Protanopia. Ophthalmology 2005; 112:1448-54. [PMID: 15953640 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2004] [Accepted: 02/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To perform a detailed clinical, psychophysical, and molecular assessment of members of 4 families with an unusual X-linked cone dysfunction syndrome associated with myopia. PARTICIPANTS Affected and unaffected members of 4 British nonconsanguineous families. METHODS Subjects underwent both detailed clinical examination and psychophysical testing. After informed consent was obtained, blood samples were taken for DNA extraction, and molecular genetic analysis was performed. The strategy for molecular analysis was to amplify the coding regions of the long and middle wavelength-sensitive cone opsin genes and the upstream locus control region by polymerase chain reaction and to examine these fragments for mutations by sequencing of DNA. RESULTS The phenotype was almost identical in all 4 families, consisting of moderate to high myopia, astigmatism, moderately reduced acuity, and normal fundi. Electroretinography showed abnormal cone but normal rod responses. Psychophysical testing showed a selective impairment of long cones in combination with well-preserved middle cone and short cone function. There was no evidence to suggest that the phenotype was progressive. Molecular analysis of the X-linked opsin gene array in the 4 families indicated that affected males have inherited the same X-chromosome from their mother. In 2 families, a long/middle hybrid gene was detected. In a third family, the commonly described deleterious Cys203Arg amino acid substitution was identified in both the long and middle opsin genes. In the fourth family, the only abnormality was absence of a middle opsin exon 2; the cause of the protanopia in this family is uncertain. CONCLUSIONS The X-linked cone dysfunction syndrome associated with myopia and dichromacy described here has many similarities to Bornholm eye disease, a condition previously mapped to Xq28. Except for the Cys203Arg substitution in one family, no alterations in the opsin gene array were identified that could underlie the cone dysfunction. It is therefore possible that the cone dysfunction may have a genetic origin different from that of the dichromacy.
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- Michel Michaelides
- Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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The cone dystrophies comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders characterised by visual loss, abnormalities of colour vision, central scotomata, and a variable degree of nystagmus and photophobia. They may be stationary or progressive. The stationary cone dystrophies are better described as cone dysfunction syndromes since a dystrophy often describes a progressive process. These different syndromes encompass a wide range of clinical and psychophysical findings. The aim is to review current knowledge relating to the cone dysfunction syndromes, with discussion of the various phenotypes, the currently mapped genes, and genotype-phenotype relations. The cone dysfunction syndromes that will be discussed are complete and incomplete achromatopsia, oligocone trichromacy, cone monochromatism, blue cone monochromatism, and Bornholm eye disease. Disorders with a progressive cone dystrophy phenotype will not be discussed.
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- M Michaelides
- Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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Andréasson S, Breuer DK, Eksandh L, Ponjavic V, Frennesson C, Hiriyanna S, Filippova E, Yashar BM, Swaroop A. Clinical studies of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa in three Swedish families with newly identified mutations in the RP2 and RPGR-ORF15 genes. Ophthalmic Genet 2004; 24:215-23. [PMID: 14566651 DOI: 10.1076/opge.24.4.215.17228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe new disease-causing RP2 and RPGR-ORF15 mutations and their corresponding clinical phenotypes in Swedish families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) and to establish genotype-phenotype correlations by studying the clinical spectrum of disease in families with a known molecular defect. METHODS Seventeen unrelated families with RP and an apparent X-linked pattern of disease inheritance were identified from the Swedish RP registry and screened for mutations in the RP2 and RPGR (for the RP3 disease) genes. These families had been previously screened for the RPGR exons 1-19, and disease-causing mutations were identified in four of them. In the remaining 13 families, we sequenced the RP2 gene and the newly discovered RPGR-ORF exon. Detailed clinical evaluations were then obtained from individuals in the three families with identified mutations. RESULTS Mutations in RP2 and RPGR-ORF15 were identified in three of the 13 families. Clinical evaluations of affected males and carrier females demonstrated varying degrees of retinal dysfunction and visual handicap, with early onset and severe disease in the families with mutations in the ORF15 exon of the RPGR gene. CONCLUSIONS A total of seven mutations in the RP2 and RPGR genes have been discovered so far in Swedish XLRP families. All affected individuals express a severe form of retinal degeneration with visual handicap early in life, although the degree of retinal dysfunction varies both in hemizygous male patients and in heterozygous carrier females. Retinal disease phenotypes in patients with mutations in the RPGR-ORF15 were more severe than in patients with mutations in RP2 or other regions of the RPGR.
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- Sten Andréasson
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Lund, Lund, Sweden.
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Lorenz B, Andrassi M, Kretschmann U. Phenotype in two families with RP3 associated with RPGR mutations. Ophthalmic Genet 2003; 24:89-101. [PMID: 12789573 DOI: 10.1076/opge.24.2.89.14001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the phenotype of three patients and two carriers from two families with mutations in the RPGR gene. The genotypes (a 75-kb deletion on the X chromosome spanning the RPGR gene and the first exon of the SRPX gene, and a stop mutation (G52X) in the RPGR gene) have been reported previously. METHODS A clinical examination including Goldmann perimetry, full-field electroretinography (ERG), dark adaptometry, and dark- and light-adapted two-color threshold (500-nm cut-off, 600-nm cut-on filter) perimetry was performed in all patients and one carrier. The second carrier was only examined clinically. RESULTS All affected males presented with a marked decrease in visual acuity of 0.3 to 0.5 at the age of 17-22.5 years, and a typical fundus appearance. The stop mutation (G52X) appeared to be associated with a more pronounced bone spicule formation compared to the deletion of the entire RPR gene and the first exon of the SRPX gene. The kinetic visual fields were constricted to < 20 degrees eccentricity, in part with a residual island in the temporal field. Using two-color dark-adapted threshold perimetry, rod function was more reduced than cone function. The ERG was extinguished. The carrier with the stop mutation showed sectorial peripheral bone spicules and ERG changes typical of carriers of XLRP. The carrier with the deletion had no visual complaints, full visual acuity, and only minimal peripheral retinal changes. Goldmann perimetry showed minor peripheral defects with small targets. ERG amplitudes were reduced below the 10th percentile of normals, without selective loss in rods or cones. The scotopic (rod) sensitivity loss at 500 nm was more pronounced than the photopic (cone) sensitivity loss at 600 nm. Neither of the two carriers showed a tapetal reflex. CONCLUSION The affected males of the two families with RPGR mutations already exhibited retinitis pigmentosa with severe impairment of the rod and cone system during their second decade of life. The degree of bone spicules differed between the two families. Psychophysics detected a slightly more pronounced affection of the rod system compared to the cone system in both the hemizygous males and the carrier with the deletion of the RPGR gene and the first exon of the SRPX gene. Psychophysics disclosed mild progression of the disease in the carrier underlining the potential of the method in monitoring the disease course. As in most other reported phenotypes of RPGR mutations, no tapetal reflex was found in the carriers.
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- Birgit Lorenz
- Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismology, and Ophthalmic Genetics, Klinikum, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
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Mashima Y, Saga M, Akeo K, Oguchi Y. Phenotype associated with an R120X nonsense mutation in the RP2 gene in a Japanese family with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. Ophthalmic Genet 2001; 22:43-7. [PMID: 11262649 DOI: 10.1076/opge.22.1.43.2238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We examined a Japanese family with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP) associated with a nonsense mutation, R120X, in the RP2 gene. The 26-year-old proband presented at the age of seven years with a two-year history of night blindness. Visual disability worsened with increasing age. At age 24, visual acuity was 0.08 in both eyes. Testing for refractive error indicated mild myopia. Visual fields showed bilateral-constriction to 10 degrees. He had central macular areolar sclerosis in both eyes. Two maternal uncles had vision of light perception to hand movement in their early forties together with dense bilateral cataracts. The ocular phenotype of this family with R120X was considered severe; reported phenotypes associated with this mutation have not been uniform.
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- Y Mashima
- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Retinitis pigmentosa: distribution of inheritance patterns in a VA blind rehabilitation center population. CLINICAL EYE AND VISION CARE 2000; 12:107-112. [PMID: 11137424 DOI: 10.1016/s0953-4431(00)00051-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Objectives: This purpose of this study was to characterize retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients at the Southeastern Blind Rehabilitation Center (SBRC) by inheritance pattern, and compare the results with similar studies. Study Design: Records of all RP patients who were in the blind rehabilitation program at the SBRC between 1989 and 1993 were reviewed (n=50). Patients were included in the study who could be personally contacted and whose records were complete (n=43). Pedigrees were obtained through review of records and patient interviews. Results: The analysis showed 24 patients (55.8%) were simplex (no family history of RP), 8 patients (18.6%) were autosomal dominant, 4 patients (9.3%) were probable autosomal dominant, 4 patients (9.3%) were autosomal recessive, 2 patients (4.7%) were probable autosomal recessive and 1 patient (2.3%) was X-linked recessive. Conclusions: Unique trends were apparent in the distribution of inheritance patterns. Clinicians should be aware of the large number of simplex patients found in this and the majority of similar studies.
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Mashima Y, Saga M, Hiida Y, Imamura Y, Kudoh J, Shimizu N. Novel mutation in RP2 gene in two brothers with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa and mtDNA mutation of leber hereditary optic neuropathy who showed marked differences in clinical severity. Am J Ophthalmol 2000; 130:357-9. [PMID: 11020419 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9394(00)00553-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE To report the identification of a novel mutation of the RP2 gene in two Japanese brothers with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa of a differing clinical severity. The mother was a carrier of both retinitis pigmentosa and optic atrophy. METHODS The older brother had a severe form of retinitis pigmentosa associated with macular degeneration and total optic atrophy, whereas the younger brother presented typical X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. RESULTS Each patient exhibited a novel 2-bp insertion at codon 278 in exon 3 of the RP2 gene as well as a 11778 mutation in mitochondrial DNA. This suggests that the older brother may have developed Leber hereditary optic neuropathy as well as retinitis pigmentosa. CONCLUSION Molecular testing confirmed the clinical diagnosis in each case. However, such testing did not explain the differences in the severity of the ophthalmoscopic findings between the two brothers.
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- Y Mashima
- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Flaxel CJ, Jay M, Thiselton DL, Nayudu M, Hardcastle AJ, Wright A, Bird AC. Difference between RP2 and RP3 phenotypes in X linked retinitis pigmentosa. Br J Ophthalmol 1999; 83:1144-8. [PMID: 10502575 PMCID: PMC1722808 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.10.1144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AIM X linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) has two genetic loci known as "RP2" and "RP3". Clinical features reported to differentiate RP2 from RP3 include a higher prevalence of myopia and primary cone dysfunction in RP2, and late onset night blindness and tapetal reflex in RP3. Members from 14 XLRP families were examined in an attempt to verify these differences. METHODS 16 affected males and 37 females from 14 XLRP families assigned as either RP2 or RP3 by haplotype analysis and/or by heterogeneity analysis were examined. Members of all 14 families who were willing to participate but unavailable for examination were contacted and detailed interviews carried out. RESULTS No clear phenotypic differences were found that could be used to reliably differentiate RP2 from RP3 with respect to myopia and onset of night blindness. The tapetal reflex was also found to be present in carriers of both RP2 and RP3. CONCLUSIONS XLRP is a heterogeneous class of rod degenerative disorders with no clear phenotypic differentiation between the two genetic loci RP2 and RP3. There is a continuum of clinical presentations which can be seen in both RP2 and RP3, but the features within a given family tend to be consistent. However, interfamilial variability is prevalent leading to a wide range of clinical presentations and more than one abnormal allele at each gene locus cannot be excluded.
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- C J Flaxel
- Currently affiliated with the University of Southern California, Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Rosenberg T, Schwahn U, Feil S, Berger W. Genotype-phenotype correlation in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa 2 (RP2). Ophthalmic Genet 1999; 20:161-72. [PMID: 10520237 DOI: 10.1076/opge.20.3.161.2278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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PURPOSE To identify possible correlations between the putative mutations and the clinical characteristics in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, RP2. DESIGN A retrospective, descriptive clinical study. MATERIAL The ophthalmological files on affected persons from three Danish families with identified pathogenic mutations in the RP2 gene. RESULTS Mutation analysis in 14 Danish families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa revealed disease-associated sequence alterations in eight of them. Five mutations were detected in the RP3 gene (RPGR) and three in the RP2 gene. Genotype-phenotype comparison in the three RP2 families revealed striking interfamilial phenotypic differences. Severe phenotypes were associated with a null mutation Gln26stop and a missense mutation Arg118His. These families differed mutually with respect to retinal appearance. Affected carriers had a delayed onset by three decades. Tapetal reflexes were not observed in the carriers. An in-frame deletion DeltaSer6 was associated with a milder phenotype. CONCLUSIONS Interfamilial differences in RP2 phenotype might be related to the type and location of the mutational event. Due to a considerable overlap between RP2 and RP3 phenotypes, the genotype cannot safely be deduced from conventional clinical examination methods.
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- T Rosenberg
- National Eye Clinic for the Visually Impaired, Hellerup, Denmark.
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Ponjavic V, Andréasson S, Abrahamson M, Ehinger B, Gieser L, Fujita R, Swaroop A. Clinical expression of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa in a Swedish family with the RP2 genotype. Ophthalmic Genet 1998; 19:187-96. [PMID: 9895243 DOI: 10.1076/opge.19.4.187.2305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine the clinical phenotype with emphasis on electroretinograms and visual fields in a Swedish family with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) type 2 (RP2), and compare it with Swedish XLRP families with the RP3 genotype. METHODS Three affected brothers and their carrier mother were examined clinically and with kinetic perimetry, dark adaptation thresholds, and full-field electroretinograms. The genotype was determined by haplotype analysis using polymorphic markers spanning the XLRP loci at the short arm of the X chromosome. RESULTS The phenotype was consistent in the three affected males. The first subjective symptom was night blindness and the visual disability was more pronounced with increasing age. Affected individuals had a slight decrease in visual acuity and were emmetropic. They demonstrated a pathologically elevated final rod threshold. The visual fields were constricted in a somewhat atypical pattern. The three patients had an early presenting atypical cataract with multiple opacities. The fundus appearance was typical for RP with narrowing of retinal vessels and bone spicule pigmentations. The rod electroretinograms were extinguished in both eyes of the patients. The combined rod-cone responses as well as the isolated cone responses were severely reduced in amplitude; however, atypically for RP, the implicit time for the isolated cone responses was normal. The carrier female demonstrated normal ophthalmological findings, with the exception of two minimal pigmentations in the lower quadrants of the left eye. Haplotype analysis demonstrated that the disease in this family segregates with the RP2 locus. CONCLUSION The phenotype of the studied RP2 family is associated with early onset of night blindness, emmetropia, a slight decrease in visual acuity, constriction of visual fields, and atypical cataract formation. Electroretinograms demonstrate severe rod dysfunction and surprisingly normal cone response implicit times which may indicate a milder disease progression. These findings are different from earlier descriptions of the RP2 and RP3 phenotypes.
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- V Ponjavic
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lund, Sweden.
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Souied E, Segues B, Ghazi I, Rozet JM, Chatelin S, Gerber S, Perrault I, Michel-Awad A, Briard ML, Plessis G, Dufier JL, Munnich A, Kaplan J. Severe manifestations in carrier females in X linked retinitis pigmentosa. J Med Genet 1997; 34:793-7. [PMID: 9350809 PMCID: PMC1051083 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.10.793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of progressive hereditary disorders of the retina in which various modes of inheritance have been described. Here, we report on X linked RP in nine families with constant and severe expression in carrier females. In our series, however, the phenotype was milder and delayed in carrier females compared to hemizygous males. This form of X linked RP could be regarded therefore as partially dominant. The disease gene maps to chromosome Xp2.1 in the genetic interval encompassing the RP3 locus (Zmax=13.71 at the DXS1100 locus). Single strand conformation polymorphism and direct sequence analysis of the retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) gene, which accounts for RP3, failed to detect any mutation in our families. Future advances in the identification of X linked RP genes will hopefully help to elucidate the molecular basis of this X linked dominant RP.
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- E Souied
- Unité de Recherches sur les Handicaps Génétiques de 1'Enfant, INSERM U-393, Hôpital des Enfants-Malades, Paris, France
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Kaplan J, Munnich A. Response to Drs. Shastry and Trese: phenotype-genotype correlations in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1996; 65:367. [PMID: 8923955 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19961111)65:4<367::aid-ajmg29>3.0.co;2-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Rosenfeld PJ, McKusick VA, Amberger JS, Dryja TP. Recent advances in the gene map of inherited eye disorders: primary hereditary diseases of the retina, choroid, and vitreous. J Med Genet 1994; 31:903-15. [PMID: 7891370 PMCID: PMC1016688 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.31.12.903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- P J Rosenfeld
- Howe Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston 02114
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Aldred MA, Dry KL, Knight-Jones EB, Hardwick LJ, Teague PW, Lester DH, Brown J, Spowart G, Carothers AD, Raeburn JA. Genetic analysis of a kindred with X-linked mental handicap and retinitis pigmentosa. Am J Hum Genet 1994; 55:916-22. [PMID: 7977353 PMCID: PMC1918325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A kindred is described in which X-linked nonspecific mental handicap segregates together with retinitis pigmentosa. Carrier females are mentally normal but may show signs of the X-linked retinitis pigmentosa carrier state and become symptomatic in their later years. Analysis of polymorphic DNA markers at nine loci on the short arm of the X chromosome shows that no crossing-over occurs between the disease and Xp11 markers DXS255, TIMP, DXS426, MAOA, and DXS228. The 90% confidence limits show that the locus is in the Xp21-q21 region. Haplotype analysis is consistent with the causal gene being located proximal to the Xp21 loci DXS538 and 5'-dystrophin on the short arm of the X chromosome. The posterior probability of linkage to the RP2 region of the X chromosome short arm (Xp11.4-p11.23) is .727, suggesting the possibility of a contiguous-gene-deletion syndrome. No cytogenetic abnormality has been identified.
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- M A Aldred
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Teague PW, Aldred MA, Jay M, Dempster M, Harrison C, Carothers AD, Hardwick LJ, Evans HJ, Strain L, Brock DJ. Heterogeneity analysis in 40 X-linked retinitis pigmentosa families. Am J Hum Genet 1994; 55:105-11. [PMID: 8023838 PMCID: PMC1918208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Analysis of genetic heterogeneity in 40 kindreds with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP), with 20 polymorphic markers, showed that significant heterogeneity is present (P = .001) and that 56% of kindreds are of RP3 type and that 26% are of RP2 type. The location of the RP3 locus was found to be 0.4 cM distal to OTC in the Xp21.1 region, and that of the RP2 locus was 6.5 cM proximal to DXS7 in Xp11.2-p11.3. Bayesian probabilities of linkage to RP2, RP3, or to neither locus were calculated. This showed that 20 of 40 kindreds could be assigned to one or the other locus, with a probability > .70 (14 kindreds with RP3 and 6 kindreds with RP2 disease). A further three kindreds were found to be unlinked to either locus, with a probability > .8. The remaining 17 kindreds could not be classified unambiguously. This highlights the difficulty of classifying families in the presence of genetic heterogeneity, where the two loci are separated by an estimated 16 cM.
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- P W Teague
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Iampieri MP, Mingarelli R, Le Guern E, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. Prenatal diagnosis of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in five pregnancies at risk. Prenat Diagn 1994; 14:285-9. [PMID: 8066038 DOI: 10.1002/pd.1970140408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Five pregnancies at risk for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP) have been monitored by first-trimester prenatal diagnosis using DNA markers flanking the RP2 and RP3 loci. Three affected and two unaffected fetuses, including a female carrying a wild-type genotype, were predicted on the basis of marker segregation and estimation of the recombination fraction.
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- M P Iampieri
- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Biologia Cellulare, Università Tor Vergata di Roma, Italy
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